How Can Doraemon Be Expressed In Mathematical Formulae? A High School Student Worked It Out
Some people just can’t get to grips with maths, but some people are totally fascinated with it. This high school student (@oritomo920) is so fascinated…
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Is It A Sculpture? A Painting? No – It’s Candy! An Intricate Craft By A Traditional Candy Maker
Candy Maker Ameshin is a specialist candy craft shop in Asakusa, Tokyo. The shop has been putting up some of their work on Twitter and…
This Might Bring A Little Smile To Your Face Every Time You Open The Freezer
In Japan, when there are some left-over rice, they are very often wrapped inside a plastic wrap and put into freezer for later use. A…
Looking For True Love? Go To Your Nearest Temple!
It’s surprisingly difficult to meet someone new in Japan – especially if you’re not so outgoing like many Japanese people. To combat this, there are…
‘Giant Girls’ Promoting Tokyo – Is It Anything To Do With Tokyo?
Piece of Tokyo is an art project that describes Tokyo in a creative way… well, apparently. The idea is to have giant girls roaming around…
Give Kendo Fighters Lightsabers And This Happens – Star Wars Duel Japanese Style!
Lightsaber is one of many items that we simply don’t want to miss in the Star Wars series. You might think lightsaber duel is something…
Japanese Comedian Thinks He Is Fizzling Into Oblivion So He’s Trying Something New
From an outsider’s perspective, when you turn on a TV in Japan, you just wonder why on earth these people make it in showbiz –…
Someone Gets Stuck Between A Train And Platform – And It’s The Passengers Who Rescued
On August 1, 2015, a passenger fell off the station platform on Shinagawa Station (Keikyu). As a result, the person who fell off was stuck…
How To Promote A City? Hire A Celeb For Endorsement – Ok… How Do You Use Them? Like This!
Aichi prefecture is trying to promote the region to attract more tourists. So they hired Ken Matsudaira (who is originally from Aichi) to do a…
When You Get a Ballet Dancer to Dance to a J-Pop Track it’s Amazing… But Hilarious
The anime and game ‘Yo-kai Watch’ was a big hit of 2014 in Japan. So much so that its theme song ‘Yo-kai Exercise No. 1’…
Another Japanese Comedian Fizzling Into Oblivion… So He’s Trying Something New
From an outsider’s perspective, when you turn on a TV in Japan, you just wonder why on earth these people make it in showbiz –…
I Never Would Have Thought Taking This Kind Of Surrealistic Picture Was This Simple!
Have you ever seen any Instagram photos that appear as if they are taken through a glass ball? It’s taken with a special lens called…
Sakura Craypas Develops a New Watercolor Paint – Based On A Japanese Celeb!?
A Japanese paint manufacturer Sakura Craypas released a new color called ‘Shigeru Matsushige’. 【速報】サクラクレパスさん本気出す 【速報】サクラクレパスさん本気出す 【速報】サクラクレパスさん本気出す 【速報】サクラクレパスさん本気出す 【速報】サクラクレパスさん本気出す pic.twitter.com/QFA7KnamO3 — 援交JC裏垢@ホ別イチゴ~(要相談) (@r_srnya) 2015, 5月 17 That is the name…
Shaved Ice Mt. Fuji Style! Beautifully Hand-Crafted Sweets That are as tasty as it looks
Ginza Tatsutano has been creating traditional Japanese sweets for over 100 years. Just in time for the summer season, they’ve come up with awesomely-decorated shaved…
Geisha girls think walking is so last century, choosing convenience over sensuality
Maikos are an apprentice of geiko – they look sort of like geisha but they don’t engage in the sort of activities portrayed in novels…